Metronome Practice Having control of your placement of rhythm is crucial to so many areas of music, not just the obvious rhythmical passages – good time will improve your phrasing, melodic playing, improvisation, accompaniment; as well as your groove and overall feel. As a beginner musician, it doesn’t take long before you are told that Read More

In a lot of ways improvisation proves a stumbling block to new musicians – it’s a lot to remember scales and arpeggios alone, but when asked to play a D Minor 7 followed by an E minor 7 flat 5 you’d be forgiven for faltering a little. Brian Switzer has been teaching jazz to students Read More

This impressive/alien looking bit of kit is called a Yaybahar. Medieval and bizarre looking the Yaybahar was designed by an Instanbul-based musician called Görkem Şen. As you can see from the video below Gorkem has nabbed himself a pretty pleasant place to jam on his sitar-esque/cello-esque instrument from the future. The question is – why did Read More

Musicroom is pleased to host two Casio Music Masterclasses ( aka, Piano Teacher brunches) at our London and Edinburgh Stores on Saturday 22nd and Friday 28th March respectively. The event provides a fantastic opportunity for piano teachers to get the best advice and guidance about the extensive range of Casio digital pianos, helping every teacher to Read More